When walking around the streets or shopping centres I sometimes glance down and notice that the person in front of me has dry, cracked and peeling feet. In the summer time when everyone is wearing open shoes it is even more common. It doesn’t look very nice but usually my first thought is “do my feet look like that?”
Most times my feet look fine but considering I don’t pay too much attention to them I am probably just lucky. As I get older I have started worrying more about my feet drying out and looking unhealthy so I have looked for information online that will help me to keep … [Read more...]

When the warmer weather of spring and summer arrives I, like most people, like to spend more time outside doing gardening as well as enjoying picnics and BBQs. While being out and about in the fresh air is wonderful the one downside of the warmer weather is the arrival of biting insects such as mosquitos.
Even though I try to use insect repellent wherever possible, the little blighters still seem to give me a few bites and for me the bites can remain itchy for 2 to 3 days.
I was doing some work in the garden recently and managed to get a few bites around my ankles. Within a few … [Read more...]

I have battled in recent years with losing weight that I have managed to put on when stressed and eating for comfort.
I tried following a portion controlled diet for a few months and I did lose 15kg (33lb).
After a while though, when I had stopped strictly following the diet, I lapsed back into my old habits and started overeating again. I had soon regained all of the weight and then some!
By this stage I had returned to study and I would eat chocolate, lollies and unhealthy snacks just to help me get through my heavy study load. By this stage I was also in possession of my … [Read more...]